loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
fixed date; appointed day
cease-fire; truce; armistice
pact; convention; agreement
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
before god; before an altar
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
food and alcohol offering to the gods
sacred wine; sacred sake; sake offered to the gods
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
rural beauty; rusticity; rustic beauty
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
kind; sort; species; species
difference; variation; difference
match; game; bout; contest
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
here and there; in places
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight